Big Loser

Well, I saw an episode of HBO’s Big Love tonight and I was nonplussed. Okay, maybe nonplussed is too strong… maybe I just haven’t used that word in a long time and was looking for an excuse. I wasn’t really surprised that the show has had success – I mean it did benefit from quite a promotional campaign. What has me really stumped is why it is still on the air.

The writing is unoriginal, the subject matter is vaguely interesting but very poorly handled. There appears to be a complete lack of knowledge about many of the key themes – bigamy, the LDS church, heck – even home improvement stores. If it is comedy they are shooting for, they missed. If it is drama they are after, it escaped them. If it is social commentary… not even close. Regardless of the goals – Big Love is a Big Stinker.

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From his early days as a teenage serial entrepreneur to the present, Chris Doelle has always been riding the wave of cutting edge technology. Chris has focused on emerging media, along the way created a very successful venture in commercial video production, and has been an early force in the new media revolution. Old school thinking has never been in his vocabulary.
Chris Doelle is co-owner and managing partner of a host of successful media companies, each of which takes full advantage of new media, social networking, and good old fashion hard work.
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